Article of apparel



Feb. 25, 1947. K OPP ENHE IMER 2,416,343

- ARTICLE OF- APPAR L Fil ed Feb. 27, 1945 INVENTOR. K2155 OPPE/W/E/MER fl w W HTTORNEYS Patented Feb. 25, 1947 j UNITED STAT E s PATENT j or F 1 cs ARTICLE OF Klee Oppenheimer, New York N. Y. Application February 27, 1945, Serial No.

5 Glaims. (Cl. 2- 253):

This invention relates to articles of apparel or garments of outer wear for men, women and children, such as trousers, knickerbookers, ridingv or Work breeches or skirts, and more particularly to a novel construction of pockets, including auxiliary pockets for a pen and pencil set or similar set of utensils, constructed and arranged in conjunction with the larger pockets of the garment to have the contents of such auxiliary pockets positioned for ready access and yet be unobstrusively contained insuch pockets Without interference with the ordinary and conventional entry into and egress from the main pocket sections.

The construction of the present invention is an improvement upon a garment pocket construction disclosed and described in my issued Patents Nos. ;2,236,694dated April 1, 1941, and 2,262,402 dated November 11, 1941. In such patents, I describe a pocket structure for an article of apparel comprisingtwo completely separate and individually accessible compartments fabricated from a single piece of material, the duplex compartment pocket being secured to the body of the garment along the conventional seam or seams of the garment in substantially the conventional position of the usual pockets provided with garments of this type. The two-compartment pocket as disclosed in the aforesaid patents is adapted to be retained in proper position for ready access to the contents of either compartment by the hands of the user through a single opening in the garment.

The present invention has for its object the provision of such duplex construction incorporating therein a pair of auxiliary vertically disposed pockets for, for instance, a pen and pencil set, which auxiliary pockets are so constructed and arranged with respect to the duplex pocket construction and the opening thereto as to permit ready accessv tothe contents. of, either compartment and not to interfere with the conventional mannerof utilizing such duplex pocket construction, andyet provide ready accessibility to such auxiliary pockets to insert the pen or pencil or other utensil or. object into such auxiliary pockets and to remove thesame therefrom whenever required.

The present invention consists in more than the mere provision of a pair of auxiliary pockets in the aforesaid duplex pocket construction, as the provision of such auxiliary pockets necessitates certain changes in the construction of the duplex pocket arrangement of the aforesaid patents to provide the ready accessibility of such auxiliary pockets and their disposal in the openme to the duplex pocket construction, which 2 makes theentire arrangement one of extreme utility, while at the same time providing a neat appearance of the garment section in which the structure has been incorporated.

A particulanembodiment of'my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing; in which Fig. 1 is an outside viewer the upper portion of a 'pairof trousers in the construction of which my improvement has been embodied; Fig. 2 is an inside View of the waist region'o'f-a pair of trousers showing the application thereto of my novel duplex pocket arrangement and'auxiliary pockets; Fig. 3 is a view' 'similar to Fig. l with part of the material oithe trousers broken away to illustrate the structure of the pocket jarrangement; Fig. i is a section on the line 4-4, on a somewhat enlarged scalaof Fig. 1; Fig. 5' is a sectionisimilar to Fig. 4, but showing the; pocket construction collapsed, i. e. without 'thejpen' and pencil set included in the auxiliary pocketsyand Fig. 6 is a section on the line 8-6 of Fig. 1.

"Referring more particularly to thedrawings,

in which similar reference characters identify similar parts in theseveral views, It! represents a portion of a trouser leg havingtheconventional side seam l I joining the fabric strips constituting the leg, and a waist band l2. Immediately'in line withthe' side seam H and belowthe waist band 2 there is formed a substantially V shaped opening l3,the two sides l4 and I5 :of Whichare disposed at an anglejto. the trouser seam: ll, thereby forming anope'ning for the duplex pocket construction, which: opening diverges upwardly until the sides of the opening meet the waist band I2.

T e; ock t s r tu e, s p efe ab e s tu of a s nsl pi ce .o a v. uit ema er c noventionally utilized in -brica ting a garment pocket,v suchsingle strip of material being out from a pattern, which is'then doubled over upon itself along the line it; and seamed at the opposite edges ll throughout the length of thepocket and also alongthe two bottom edges l8 and 19 of the, two comp-artrnents zll and, 2 l to be'formed. a lone the c ved c rp e t ndin stantially along the center of the'single strip of fabric from the bottom edge thereof to a little below the vertical mid-point thereof.

The two-compartment pocket, as thus constituted, is secured as a whole to the waist band [2. the same material as the garment, is stitched to the inner Wall of the pocket to constitute a facing for the entire V-shaped opening l3, and extends sideways from each edge thereof to the extent Astrip of facing material 23, preferably of and in full lines in Fig.3, in which the trouser material has been cut away to show the outline:

of such facing material 23.

The facing material 23 is backed by the trouser pocket fabric strip 24 and is constructed to provide between'such facing 23 and the pocket fabric 24 a pair ofaauxilia'ry pockets 25 and 26 into which maybe inserted a pen and pencil set 21 and 28 by means of their clips 29 and 3%]; The upper portions of thefauxiliary pockets 25 and 25are backed by a rectangularly shaped reinforcing strip 31 which is attached at the top thereof to the looped lower edge of the facing 23 extending from the waist band to the auxiliary opening of the garment giving access to the duplex pocket construction, said auxiliary pocket having the same facing material as the facing for the duplex pocket construction.

2. In a garment for outer wear, a duplex pocket 7 construction comprising in combination with the garment having an opening, a single strip of fabric folded into two superposed panels and stitched to the garment along its upper edge and having an opening substantially corresponding to that in the garment material, a facing for said opening of the same material as the garment, and

" an auxiliary pocket structure wholly disposed within the opening of the garment giving access pocket by stitching 32 and to the pocket'fabric backing by stitching 33. Bar tacks 34, 35 and;

35 separate the individual auxiliary pockets I The, auxiliary pockets 25 and 25 are formed by the stitching 3i and such pockets at L and 26.

their top are backed by a strip; of material 33 which is preferably of the same material-as the garmentand the facing strip 23. At the lower end of the facing strip 23, constituting the front '1 of the auxiliary pocket construction, such facin strip is turned upwardly and stitched to the back of the pocket material. a i

It will be noted that my novel construction of duplex pocket provides a pair of auxiliary pockets readily accessible in the opening l3 of the duplex pocket construction, for insertion thereinto or removal therefrom, of any elongated objects, for instance, those constituting a pen and pencil set, although, of course, in a work or utility garment the pockets may be utilized to hold tools or utensils, for instance, a screwdriver or a spark-plug tester, a tool of an automobile mechanic conventionally made in the form of an elongated body with or without a clip of the type used with a pen or pencil.

The provision of the auxiliary pockets in the precise position, and their configuration as hereinabove described and illustrated in the drawings, has been found to be of extreme utility and ready availability and greatly enhances the value of the duplex pocket construction described and I illustrated in my prior patents.

While I have described a specific embodiment;

of my invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the specific arrangement described,

particularly in the sewing and securement together of the various parts and the construction and configuration of the pockets, may be made without departing from my invention. I claim:

1. In a garment for outer wear, a duplex pocket construction comprising in combination with the garment having an opening, a single strip of fabric folded intotwo superposedpanels and stitched to the garment along its upper edge and having an opening substantially corresponding to that in theg'a'rment material, said opening having a facing of the same material as that of which the garment is made, and an auxiliary pocket structure comprising a pocket wholly disposed within the to the duplex pocket construction, and being formed in the facing material of the duplex pocket construction.

3. In a garment for outer wear, a duplex pocket construction comprising in combination with the garment having an opening, a single strip of fabric folded into two superposed panels and stitched to the garment along its upper edge and having an opening substantially corresponding to that in the garment material, said opening having a facing of the same material as that of which the garment is made, and an auxiliary pocket structure comprising a plurality of pockets wholly disposed within the opening of the garment giving access to the duplex pocket construction, said auxiliary pockets having the same facing material as the facing for the duplex pocket construction.

4. An outer garment of the class described hav- 'ing a substantially V-shaped side opening, the

' tion and disposed substantially wholly within the outlines of said V-shaped garment opening for containing therein an elongated object readily accessible through said V-shaped garment open- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,212,639 Hester Jan. 16, 1917 1946,173 Miller et a1. Feb. 7, 1934 2,236,694 Oppenheimer Apr. 1, 1941 2,262,402 Oppenheimer Nov. 11,4941 

